The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 25th March 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 25th March 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: 14 across's line from wretched page was doleful endless Antarctic sighGREATGODTHISISAAcross 9: Fuse current with one's call out from faulty electricalsACCRETEAAcross 10: See 1ANAWFULAAcross 11: See 1PLACEAAcross 12: Warmer support for cricket in the Dickens canon?HEARTHRUGAAcross 13: Condition induced by foot-tapping?HAMMERTOEAAcross 14: See 14 downSCOTTAAcross 15: Ulster reprobate one's charged repeatedlyNICADAAcross 17: Archers' ground about to open up here!CAMBRIDGEAAcross 20: One from old Labour left one in the clanTRIBUNITEAAcross 22: With "Good Morning!" exchanged on enteringAMONGAAcross 23: Convenience outside one's primitive shelterLEISUREAAcross 24: Sectarians from Ithaca, right? Wrong!CATHARIAAcross 25: Water his plants freely, the Lakeland wayWHINLATTERPASSDDown 1: Bell the cat; alternatively, strangle the petGRASPTHENETTLEDDown 2: Thunderclap curtailed in Eastern mix-upEXCLAIMDDown 3: Virgil's lines against leaving heaven during tide changeTHEAENEIDDDown 4: On strike? Pass!OVERHITDDown 5: Teach a king English, with an hour off for a bite?TEACAKEDDown 6: Lacking skill over drums, I'm leavingINAPTDDown 7: Understand no part of La Divina CommediaINFERNODDown 8: Swag? Swag not legit: not with nil result!ILLGOTTENGAINSDDown 14: Novelist changes bed with encompassing wrist actionSIRWALTERDDown 16: A noted gathering of the clans?CEILIDHDDown 17: False impression from Conservative: give him timeCHIMERADDown 18: Many create confusion; one got a view from David Attenborough!MEERCATDDown 19: Fashionable Christian with a degree in displayDIORAMADDown 21: Trucker's tergiversation?U-TURN